Wrestling Wrestlers

 Fans of the rather dubious world of professional wrestling may or may not find this breaking headline newsworthy. Female wrestlers in India were staging a protest in the reticent nation of India and ran afoul of the Indian government. The aforementioned female wrestlers were manhandled by an Indian government goon squad and were arrested for protesting. It must be noted here that the female wrestlers arrested are amateurs. There is ABSOLUTELY no connection to the WWE wrestling bullshit that took place in Saudi Arabia. First off the female wrestlers manhandled in Delhi, India are Olympic wrestlers. So yes, they are for real. Secondly, the Indian female wrestlers were in the act of legitimate protest. Thirdly, the wrestlers were gang handled by several hundred Indian government goons. And yes the number of government security goons as reported is correct. Several hundred Indian government goons versus two female Indian Olympic wrestlers sounds about right. In a more equal number of goons versus female wrestlers, the government security goons would get their security asses pounded and pinned. Anyway, there's not much anyone around these here parts can do about this tragic tale of Indian government cowardice. You go lady Olympic wrestlers! Now for some Monday machine art and hopefully, there won't be any government security goons mucking up today's posting.

magda -

endemic -

lord of the flies -

canyons -

theoretical city -

it would seem that the progressively democratic nation of India ISN'T as progressively democratic as India would have the world believe. so typical... 😏

Never

 There will never be another Sunday in the month of May 2023. This Sunday is the last Sunday. In the month of May. So...let's get down to what's really important here. That would be machine art and the machine art for the last Sunday in May. 

flown the coop -

the future belongs to... -

mick-tacular -

anomaly -

what used to be -

what used to be would be Beit Hanoun. google it and you can find out for yourself how utterly barbaric the nation of Israel is in fact. 😐

Memorial Day Weekend

 So here we are at the end of the month of May and a fabulous holiday could be had by all. Maybe. What might make this holiday weekend truly 'memorable' would be America's Congress actually doing something positive for America. Put aside all the petty ass 'gotcha' politics and pass legislation that favors the American people regardless of political affiliation. THAT would be memorable. I'm not about to hold my breath nor should any other American. The Congress of these United States of America, the House the Senate, need to do some actual work and knock off all the juvenile and lame-ass bullshit. These ignorant freaks are "supposed" to work for 'we the people'. The fuckers are woefully off their elected mark. What could also turn out to be 'memorable' would be IF the American people educated themselves and used their respective votes in an informed and civic manner. We can only hope. Now for Saturday machine art.

struggle -

avian -

girls on film -

iggy a portrait -

never trust stupid people in large groups. 😏

Artificial Intelligence - Rights For Robots?

 AI is advancing in exponential fashion and those uncomfortable with technical change are in a few words, freaking the fuck out. It turns out that artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming self-aware and that worries any number of people. Brainiacs, maga types, rightwing fanatics, and the lady next door are up in arms over the possibility that robots will replace them. So and making a highly scientific debate shorter than necessary, the discussion about artificial intelligence, specifically robots, is turning to whether or not artificial entities should have innate "rights." Almost like 2nd Amendment rights. Hell if Joe Insaniac can purchase himself an AR-15 and enough ammo to fend off the 82nd Airborne, we might as well allow robots the same 'right'. Robots will be able to dress up in drag and annoy the bejesus out of the good folks living in Tennessee. You see I'm all about 'rights'. Every last soul on this island Earth should hold these rights self-evident. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness belong to everyone and not just the ever-so-entitled white people living in the middle section of North America. North America the continent comprises Canada at the top, America comprises the middle, and Mexico comprises the bottom section of the continent. I've drifted way off-topic. Sorry. Anyway, let the AI gizmos and the robots have all the rights and privileges that any other sentient being expects. Humanity will certainly have a long row to hoe before any of this bullshit happens. Now for that ever-so-popular Friday machine art. Posted without benefit of any 'artificial' whatsoever. 

All my artificially intelligent gizmos have names I've given them over time. I'm not about to get into any of the name-calling.

Einstein -

rabbet -

venus de milo -

break -

benny -

when the artificials finally take over, I hope they remember who (whom?) treated them with dignity and respect. 😏

Revenge Of The Orcas

 About damn time. Orcas are attacking and sinking sailboats on the east side of the Atlantic. Hurrah for the orcas!!! Gets 'em guys! Sink the boats! Eats the people what get tossed from a sinking sailboat! This little sniglet of news is posted on the New York Times webpage, NBC Connecticut and I have no idea what is up with that, The Conversation, and I have absolutely no idea what's up with that, AND the Miami Herald. It seems all these 'reported' attacks happen off the coast of Spain. It would make for a much bigger impact IF the orcas were attacking boats of all kinds and just about all around our damnably polluted oceans. Good on the orcas. Possibly the orcas have an axe to grind with the Spanish. Could be. It would make more sense were the orcas attacking and eating the Japanese. The screwy Japanese are still to this day hunting and killing whales. "It's for science..." and so claim the Japanese. I find their defense of the indefensible to be abject bullshit. The Icelanders hunt and kill whales. The Norwegians hunt and kill whales. Russians, Inuits, and probably islanders just about anywhere hunt and kill whales. People are damn lucky that it's just orcas doing the sailboat wrecking. Should humpbacks, blue whales, grey whales, and my personal favorite the sperm whales (it's juvenile and I admit that freely), well, folks would have something to worry about for real. Anyway and for the present, orcas are free to attack and terminate sailboats and whatever other boats they, the orcas, might decide to attack. I simply cherish the morality tale that is currently unfolding. Sweet revenge no doubt. Now for Thursday machine art. 

pop art jean -

urchin -

socket it 2 me -

albert -

regular old trees -

that desantis guy announced he's running for the presidency. gosh, that's about not even a surprise. anyway, the dummy made his announcement on musk's tweeter. loads of technical issues there. desantis is off to a not-so-good start for the republican coronation. yawn...😆

We Are Not Alone

 The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence people, that would be SETI, has announced on Tuesday that "we are not alone in the universe." Wow and go figure. Of course, the human species hasn't been looking for aliens all that long. Not in any cosmic sense. The universe is billions if not trillions of years old. The human species has been around for no more than a teensy tiny half-a-tick in nano-micro second reckoning. The SETI people made their announcement and indicated that a "signal from space" had been received by three of SETI's radio telescopes and there you go. So... I suppose that I should verify and check (meaning read) that SETI announcement... hold on for a moment or so... oh shit! Please disregard the previous ramble. The announcement was a dang trick! SETI was testing some new-fangled software... and crap, I simply hate it when that happens. Now for Tuesday machine art and I promise no tricking will occur with machine art posting.

unction -

kilimanjaro -

right of passage -

norma -

poverty -

that SETI announcement made for a laugh, however just the one. ☺

The Problem With Relativity

There seems to be a problem with 'relativity'. You know...Einstein's theory of relativity. Scientists evidently can't come to grips with the way Einstein's theory is handled by writers. That would be the writers that aren't allowed to join up with "the writers guild." The writers guild doesn't allow just any hack to join in their on-strike fun. Anyway, science fiction writers aren't playing by the "accepted rules of relative space physics" and the brainiac science guys and gals are a mite miffed with science fiction writers and they (the science brainiac types) aren't about to take it anymore. Or lightly. Whatever. Personally, I find the science guys and gals to be a bit too tightly wound and way too sensitive for their own good. That and the science guys and gals are really hard to party with. So and as this mostly unnoticed issue stays unreported, the science fiction writers will continue to write their hearts out holding the slightest glimmer of hope that some success will be attained. And yes, the writers' strike is not helping the issue. Now for Tuesday machine art.

part 2 -

karl -

cyprus tree -

dance -

popocatepetl -

one thing is for certain, any writer MUST have connections in the publication business or that writer is shit out of luck. I know from first-hand experience. 😏

Mexico City And Popcatepetl...

 A match made in the bowels of Mother Earth. Mexico City and Popocatepetl the volcano. Love at first eruption. You see, the Popocatepetl volcano has commenced erupting again and is neighbors with Mexico City. Unfortunately for Mexico City, the Mexicans don't bother sacrificing virgins or anyone else to the volcano so, blow it will. And did of course. Mexico City had to close its airport because of all the volcanic ash that filled the airspace in and around the city. On a mostly unrelated note, the USGS declared that America doesn't have to worry about the Yellowstone Super Volcano erupting anytime in the near future. "However..." is precisely how the USGS qualified what they'd stated about the Yellowstone Super Volcano. I'm unsure why the USGS felt a need to calm nervous people about any Yellowstone eruption. Curious to be cautiously curious no doubt. Mexico City is on 'alert' for any super eruption of Popocatepetl and quite possibly the USGS is on 'stand by' for a Yellowstone eruption. We'll just have to wait and see how the volcanos do their thing. Now for Monday machine art.

the grand inquisitor himself -

cyril -

listen -

cosmic cattle drive -

pick -

with the American people on the edge of a comprehensive nervous breakdown, maybe the USGS is simply trying to not add fuel to a twitchy gun-happy populace. 😐

Offside No Goal

 Here we are well into the month of May and the NHL conference finals are getting underway. Florida Panthers, a true hotbed of hockey action, and the Carolina Hurricanes played a 4 overtime marathon the other night. Florida won the game with a last-second goal. Literally a last-second goal. There were 12 seconds left in the 4th overtime. I'd bailed on the game before the first overtime. So now the subtropical hockey teams (Florida and Carolina) are at it again and with about 4 minutes played in the second game, there have been any number of shots on goal replete with penalties assessed and hockey guys hurt. That's hockey. Anyway, the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs have featured not one of the original hockey teams and certainly not any cold-weather teams. You see Florida, North Carolina, Dallas, and Las Vegas and not by any means cold-weather spots so hockey is a bit of a stretch for anyone's imagination as to the why and what is up with that motifs. Oh hell, this isn't about hockey anymore. Nope. This is about money and lots of money that can afford to refrigerate hockey ice during that long really long NHL hockey season. The actual Stanley Cup Final will be played sometime in June and be finished probably sometime after July 4, 2023. Now for a more timely and ready-to-play Sunday machine art installment. 

beggars banquet -

lard -

sojourn -

our lady of perpetual misery -

the tropical isle of Quadraloupe -

speaking about money and professional sports, the Oakland Athletics baseball team will be moving to Las Vegas and with that move will come a brand-new and sparkly baseball stadium. back in the day, baseball was played on a ball diamond. anyway, the Athletics will have their new digs built upon the hallowed grounds of a soon-to-be demolished Tropicana Hotel and Casino. so much for history. 😏

Gosh... Go Figure

 The Walt Disney Company, aka Disneyland and DisneyWorld and a boatload of other corporate entities, have put the kibosh on a $1 billion dollar expansion for "campus facilities" close to DisneyWorld. The planned expansion ain't about to happen and along with the expansion cancellation, the Walt Disney Company is closing the Star Wars Hotel also near DisneyWorld, which has only been open for one year. Oh yes, something corporate-fueled and clandestine is in the works and I'm of the opinion that the Walt Disney Company is about to close DisneyWorld and round up all the peripheral Disney shit-to-ding stuff and move to a more welcoming climate. Which as things stand at present, would be anywhere but Florida. The Walt Disney Company would have NO problem relocating to a more comfortable and accommodating spot on this here Island Earth. States, counties, and city-states would be bending over backward in welcoming the Walt Disney Company and conglomerate concerns on any move from Florida. Florida would have their fascist governor Ron DeSantis to blame for alienating the Walt Disney Company and altering Disney's plans for expansion. The Walt Disney Company already holds a sizeable chunk of quite valuable real estate in and around Anaheim, California. With the Disney Company poised to begin expansion of Disneyland, well, moving away from Florida seems to be a foregone conclusion. DeSantis would have to be the ultimate in dumbass political maneuvering and bonehead miscalculations. Disney Company has been dealing with rank amateurs for a very long time and DeSantis is more an asshole than an amateur but so what. With Florida on the brink of being swallowed whole by the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, the Walt Disney Company is merely preparing for the eventuality of sea level rise. Pretty dang shrewd of the Disney Company. Now for Saturday machine art.

outcrop -

derby -

how to befriend a vampire -

dragon -

magic kingdom disappears -

DeSantis is about to learn a painful life lesson. it isn't smart to bite the hand that once fed you. 😎

What Color...

 What color is the sun? The rather pointless question is addressed on the Big Think webpage. The color of the sun is...BRIGHT! How hard is that? To actually view the sun you need a welder's helmet with the damn black glass thingy to look through. Even after that exercise in ironworker astronomy, the sun is still white. You can view the sun on NASA's SOHO page or any of the numerous solar telescopes operating in and around our homeworld or solar telescopes in orbit around our Planet Earth. "What color is the sun?" To think that some ridiculously entitled guy making buckets of cash is writing articles for one of those brainiac websites like Big Think. Galling I tells ya. Now for our weekly installment of Friday machine art. 

country girl -

Normandy Beach -

aspen tree -

rock lobster -

if you happen to stare directly at the sun, you'll grow hair on the palms of your hands. 😏